Mission and Scope

Mission: The goal of the Missouri Opioid-Heroin Overdose Prevention and Education (MO-HOPE) Project is to reduce opioid overdose deaths in Missouri through expanded access to naloxone, overdose education, prevention, public awareness, assessment, and referral to treatment, for those at risk of experiencing or witnessing an overdose event

Scope: The Missouri Opioid- Heroin Overdose Prevention and Education (MO-HOPE) Project is based on strategies from prevention, public health, and harm reduction to improve knowledge and readiness to prevent and respond to opioid overdose events in Missouri and based on need and existing infrastructure to address opioid overdose